A Guard's responsibilities are those expected of local law enforcement; patrolling their community, looking out for trouble and troublemakers, mediating or resolving conflicts, and repelling invasions of critters and criminals. They are expected to follow a code of force escalation against sapient creatures, preferring to dissuade first, arrest and detain second, and shoot to kill only as a last resort.
Typical Guard duties usually involve town patrol, gate duty, office work, or jail duty, and bank guard duty.
When assigned to town patrol, Guards are usually in pairs and walk around the town's busiest parts to ensure that everything is in order.
When assigned to jail duty, Guards will spend most of their time in the local [[town jail]], situated underneath the [[town hall]], where they will watch over any currently held prisoners, keeping them fed twice a day and escorting them in and out of the jail's interrogation room whenever necessary.
When assigned to bank guard duty, Guards will spend most of their time at the local [[bank]], serving as armed protection watching over the banker and the customers. Their purpose is to deter bank robbery attempts.
Guards are subordinate to their local [[TownSec Chief|Chief]], who in turn answers directly to the local [[Town Mayor|Mayor]]. In communities protected by Standard Law, they function as "first responders." They may request backup from the Maze Police to assist in any of their duties, the most important of which is the transfer and processing of [[prisoner|prisoners]] out of their local jails and into the Police's correctional facilities.